1. A. If a person attempts to redeem a previously pawned regulated firearm, the pawnbroker shall determine whether the person is the same individual who deposited the firearm with the pawnbroker as a pledge by requiring the person to display a driver’s license, an age of majority card, or other acceptable photographic identification.
2. B. If a person attempting to redeem a previously pawned regulated firearm is not the same individual who deposited the firearm with the pawnbroker, then the transfer of the regulated firearm shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and Public Safety Article, Title 5, Subtitle 1, Annotated Code of Maryland.

3. C. If the period allowed for redemption of a pawned regulated firearm has elapsed and the pawnbroker offers the regulated firearm for sale or rental, then the transfer of the regulated firearm shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and Public Safety Article, Title 5, Subtitle 1, Annotated Code of Maryland.

   1. (1) The pawnbroker shall notify the prospective transferee that the transferee is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Public Safety Article, Title 5, Subtitle 1, Annotated Code of Maryland.
   2. (2) The pawnbroker shall write on all pawn tickets issued for pawned regulated firearms: “This pawn ticket is transferable subject to the provisions of Public Safety Article, Title 5, Subtitle 1, Annotated Code of Maryland.”

Authority: Criminal Law Article, Title 4, Subtitle 3; Public Safety Article, §5-105; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 21, 1972

Chapter revised effective March 2, 1977 (4:5 Md. R. 383)

Regulations .01—.09 repealed effective April 25, 1994 (21:8 Md. R. 675)

Regulations .01—.15 adopted effective April 25, 1994 (21:8 Md. R. 675)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 12.06.03 to 29.03.01, July 1994

Regulation .01 amended and Regulations .16—.20 adopted as an emergency provision effective April 25, 1994 (21:8 Md. R. 669); adopted permanently effective September 12, 1994 (21:18 Md. R. 1513)

Regulations .01, .02, and .08 amended and Regulation .21 adopted as an emergency provision effective December 23, 1994 (22:2 Md. R. 74); adopted permanently effective June 19, 1995 (22:12 Md. R. 903)

Chapter revised effective May 5, 1997 (24:9 Md. R. 659)

Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2000 (27:20 Md. R. 1836); emergency status expired March 29, 2001

Chapter revised effective May 28, 2001 (28:10 Md. R. 951)

Regulation .01B amended effective July 7, 2003 (30:13 Md. R. 854)

Regulation .02B amended effective September 30, 2002 (29:19 Md. R. 1526)

Regulation .04 amended effective September 30, 2002 (29:19 Md. R. 1526)

Regulation .05C amended effective July 7, 2003 (30:13 Md. R. 854)

Regulation .32C adopted effective July 7, 2003 (30:13 Md. R. 854)

Chapter revised effective February 2, 2004 (31:2 Md. R. 86)

Regulation .03A amended effective December 17, 2007 (34:25 Md. R. 2216)

Regulations .01—.32 repealed and new Regulations .01—.58 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2013 (40:21 Md. R. 1772); adopted permanently effective December 23, 2013 (40:25 Md. R. 2071)

Regulation .45C amended December 12, 2024 (51:24 Md. R. 1082)

Regulation .58 repealed effective November 23, 2015 (42:23 Md. R. 1436)

Regulation .58 adopted effective December 12, 2024 (51:24 Md. R. 1082)